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School: Glendalough

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 417

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    after him and he could get no gun so he grabbed the handle of a brush, the English were almost on top of him when he turned round and pointed the handle of the brush at them and they ran back because they thought it was a gun, Andrew Thomas kept running but he ran into another crowd of soldiers and they wounded him.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máirín Ní Bhroin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Patrick Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Officer
    Address
    Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow